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No. 393,069. Patented Nov; 20,1888.

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JAMES M. HELTSLEY, OF CLIFTY, KENTUCKY.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,069, dated November20, 1888.

Application filed March 29, 1888.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs M. HELTsLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clifty, in the county of Todd and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tovmake and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in churns; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.-

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my invention.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the churnand churn-dasher, and Fig. 4 is a section of the churn and its dasher.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A represents the platform of myimprovement,

having erected thereon at suitable distances apart four posts oruprights, a, provided with side braces, b, arranged one above the other,for a purpose to be presently eX- plained. To the front posts aresecured crosspieces 0 0, also arranged one above the other, and havingbearings d d, in which the upper part, B, of the dasher-rod is adaptedto have vertical play. The rear posts of the machine are provided with acrosspiece, e, having a bearing, f.

Mounted at or about midway of the braces b are the cross pieces 9 g, oneabove the other, the pieceg being provided with bearings h h.

The letter O designates ashaft held in abearing, h", on the cross-pieceg, and a bearing, g", on the upper surface of the front brace, a. Thisshaft is provided with a small and large gear-wheel, K k, and with awrist, D, having the upper end of a rod, 0 pivoted thereto,

the lower end of said rod being pivoted to the upper end ofthedasher-rod B.

The letter E denotes a shaft mounted in the bearings of the cross-piecese and said shaft being provided with a gear-wheel, I, which meshes withthe small gear-wheel k on the shaft 0. In the bearings of the cross-Serial No. 268,839. (No model.)

pieces 9 and a is mounted another shaft, F, having a fly-wheel, F, and asmall gearwheel, m, said small gear-wheel meshing with the largegear-wheel on the shaft 0. The outer end of the shaft E is provided witha crank, L, whereby the machine may be operated; or I may use aband-wheel on said shaft to be operated by any-well-known means.

The lower end of the upper part of the dasher-rod B is provided with acollar, 19, having a headed screw, 12, by means of which the upper endof the lower part of the dasher-rod is detachably connected to saidcollar.

The platform A is provided with a circular opening, Z, in which thebottom of the churn G is seated to prevent displacement of the same whenthe machine is in operation. A'

dasher, s, is secured to the lower end of the dasher-rod, saiddasher-rod passing through an opening in the cover of the churn. Thecover of the churn is made of tin, with a wooden piece, N, inclosedwithin the flange of the cover and having a dished upper surface, andaround the opening of the cover is a flaring mouth, Z, whereby the creamon the dasher-rod is prevented from escaping therefrom as it passes downon thedished surface of the wooden piece N, and thence through theopening therein and into the churningvessel.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood from theforegoing description.

What I claim is- The churn mechanism herein described, consisting of theplatform with uprights a and opening Z, the side pieces, b, frontpieces, a a c c, and rear piece, 6, the cross-pieces g 9, connected tosaid side pieces, I), the independent shafts E F, mounted in bearings ofthe pieces a? g e, said shaft E having gearwheel I, and shaft F havingfly-wheel F and gear m, the shaft' 0, provided with gearwheels K L andWrist D, the dasher-rod, and the rod 0 pivoted to the wrist D and to thedasher-rod, said dasher-rod operating in bearings on the pieces a 0,substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. HELTSLEY.

